What Makes Powerful Characters a Turn-Off in Fiction?
The appeal of ‘weak’ heroes
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6 min readApr 24, 2024
Power is attractive for two big reasons. One, it’s a source of admiration (sometimes envy), and two, it provides a sense of safety.
Those elements explain why so many ‘beginner’ writers and some non-beginners too make the mistake of over-empowering their main characters. I add the quotations to…